Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video this week re-affirming his loyalty to the Taliban. If a peace process between the Taliban and the Afghan government develops, Al Qaeda knows it could lose its most crucial ally. Its next moves could be dangerous.
![An image grab taken from a video released on January 4, 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s al-Furqan Media allegedly shows ISIL fighters marching at an undisclosed location. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6281603.jpg?itok=mE8kv5bk "An image grab taken from a video released on January 4, 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s al-Furqan Media allegedly shows ISIL fighters marching at an undisclosed location. [AFP]")
![No dancing at this disco wedding. ISIL wants Quran verses only. [israelnationalnews]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria/No_Dancing_Syria.JPG?itok=W_SOiSFm "No dancing at this disco wedding. ISIL wants Quran verses only. [israelnationalnews]")
